congress passes it it would be the first successful budget agreement in two years, republican senator paul ryan and democratic senator patty murray have been working on the deal for weeks. the plan would suspend automatic cuts called sequestration, which were not supposed to happen and hit the pentagon and other agencies very hard. the people who could least afford to deal with this had to deal with and it it was awful. to pay for it the feds could raise fees like those we pay on plane tickets but critics say it will not make a dent in the $17 trillion national debt. lawmakers may skip the committee and take the bill straight to the house and senate floors so congress can, all together now, leave for christmas vacation by the end of the week. because they work so hard. they do. they get so much done. they do everything for us. and we should all get down on our knee and thank them right now because they've been wonderful, mike emanuel. tell us what great things they're doing now. i'm thrilled and proud. >> reporter: so noted. what republicans like about the idea is the idea of there would b